The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-03-16

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BosrON, March I5.-It 10 now known
that ia persons ~'ere injured In the rail-
road accident yesterday. This does nOt
include those killed.
The injured at the Massachusetts, Cen
eral Hospital are reported BY physicians
to-day rs being in comfortable coudi-
ton The surgeons are confident that all
win recover. Owing to duplication and
misspelling of names il ia now believed
that the reports of the number Of per-
SONS killed have been considerably over
esfimatexl. Up to noon to-day DR..
Draper had signed twenty-one death GER
tificates and DIR. Harris three, making
the entire death total up to noon twenty
four
SCENES or THE ACCIDENT.
In one of the forward cars and among
the first of the passengers to be taken
out was a young woman whose name
has not yet been ascertained, and whose
death, for she was killed outright, and
terribly mutilated as well, was the
most shocking of any Of the passengers.
Whed ingress was obtained through the
smashed car, and when the splintered
tinbers hal been sufficiently removed
to allow Of any work, about the hrst body
reached was that of this unfortunate wO-
man, who was pinned down in the car
with her face jammed between two
seats and i'm most shocking condition.
That she was alive seemed doubtful,
still the body was moved, when to the
terror of her rescslrers il was found
that the head and one arm were severed
from the body as though done by . knife.
Coveresi with the rubbish Of the wreck
as she lay there. no possible identifica-
ton of the remains could be made, and
after fruitless attempts To remove her
with their hands, the rescuerB Obtained
saws and jack screws. After much diff
ficult work they succeeded in extricating
all that remained Of the woman, who
hut moment before was fun OF life,
hope and ambition. The body was first
removed and then the mutilated and un-
recognizable head and finally the arm
were found.
AN AWFUL SIGHT.
Nelr the stove in each others arms
were two other young women, both
dead, evidently instantly killed, their
heads crushed almost beyond recogni-
tion. They also lay weiged in between
the debris of the wreck. pinned down 50
tightly that action was impossible, and
here again it required jack screws, levers
and saws to extricate the remains. A
dozen other men and women were there
dead, wedged in between the seats and
heavy timbers. 1t was an awful sight
There was death visible in every FORM
The majority of the passengers in the
cars which plunged through the bridge
were women. In the smoker . Mr..
j. Roundy WAS playing cards with Ed.
snow, Harry Gay and Ofiicer Laillrr.
Every one ~ his companions was killed
outright. A few moments later Mr.
Roundy found himself standing in the
soft clayey mud of the Roslind&le road,
his clothes torn and blood streaming
from his face and head, and holding in
his hand the ace OF diamonds. the sole
surviving relic, beside himself. Of game
that viii never be finished. Rouniy
managed to get home, where he ID now
living in critical condition.
FOUR GIRLS DEAD TOGETHER.
A pathetic sight was that of the two
girls with their arms around one another
clinsing in the embrace Of death. One
man WAS found sitting bolt upeight in
his seat hut stark dead. with blood flOw-
ing in several small streams from cuts
on the head. The women had an awful
time in getting out. Many left their
clothing, which was torn tom their
forms. behind them. There were four
xirs dead together as il they had occu-
pied two seats facing one another. All
a those penned down in the cars had
hnrribae fear Of fire and shrieked for as
sistance to escape the possible cremation.
William Young, Of Roslindale, was in
the third ear that fell. He says that
there were a great many ladies in his car,
and most of them were killed. He saw
many women with their heads and necks
cut and their breasts badly mutt
lated. lie smashed through = window,
got out and worked an hour helping
others. He says the women were -
brave as the men, and there was little
loud crying except by those who were
pinned down.
DIsMENRERED.
Police officers saw the head Of a wo-
man, and pulled her out by brea king the
woodwork of the car with their heels.
stones, and anything they could lay their
hands on in absence OF other implements.
In another instance the body Of woman
was pulled out of the wreck minus one
arm. Further investigation resulted in
finding the missing limb. The body Of q
man was also pulled out minus both legs,
and further search resulted in the dis
covery of both legs. 1t seemed as il these
members had been absolutely torn from
the body. Many scenes similar to these
might be pictured. The wreck was ter
rible in the extreme and one of the very
worst in the annals of railroasiing.
New Orleans Ra~ea.
NEW ORLEANS, March l5.-The firsI
race, to-day, mile, was won by Volcano
withrow secoad. Tam O'Shanser third
time: lis.